Preparing wool and cotton for garding



' Ui "TED sTATEs yPATENT oEEioE.

GEORGE L. MASON, OF WILLISTON, VERMONT.

PREPARING- WOOL AND COTTON FOR CARDING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 5,274, dated September4:, 1847; Reissued March 2o, 1849, No. iss.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. MASON, of

Williston, county of Chittenden, State of Vermont, have invented a newand Im-v proved Mode of Preparing Cotton, Wool, and other Material forManufacturing; and I do hereby declare the following is a full and exactdescription.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a steam box underneaththe apron that conveys lthe material to be carded, to the cardingmachine, which box is in shape adapted to t-he apron and is providedwith valves upon its upper side, for the escape ofwarming the materialto be carded and manufactured. Fig. 2 is an end'view of this box. A isan orifice for the introduction 'of steam by a pipe from a boilersituated in any part of the building most convenient. B is a pipe toconduct the steam from the above described box, to the apparatus under Vthe apron. C i's a box, adapted in length and breadth to the sizeof theapron, and situated immediately under it; the top of this box isprovided with numerous apertures and in close Contact is a slide alsowith apertures exactly corresponding with thosein the box. D is akhandle attached to the slide by f moving whichlthe apertures may bepartly or wholly closed and thus the amount of steam transmitted throughthe apertures to the material upon the apron, regulated. Fig. 3 is theframe with the apron attached; E the frame, F the apron, which is anendless chain made of strips of wood or metal, i

connected at the ends by means'of 'a belt of metal or leather. Thestrips are placed ,apart at short intervals, leaving openings for thefree admission of steam to the ma-` terial upon the apron. An uprightview of this apron is represented by Fig. 4. Fig. 5`

represents the rollers and gears whereby mo tion is given to the apron,and the materiall the top, K, whereby the roller is made movable, andthe apron tightened.

I/Vhat I claim as my invention is* The application of heat and moistureby means of steam, to cotton, wool, and other material, preparatory tocarding and manufacturin GEO. L. MASON.

Witnesses:

R. B. BROWN, CHAUNGEY BROWNELL.

i [FIRST PRINTED 1913.]

